Friday, 14 August 2009

Good cooking but bad news

On Monday night, my mum and I cooked an amazing selection of Indian dishes. We made a dhal, sag aloo, chilli paneer and baby corn korma, with pilau rice, naan and poppadoms. It was really lovely, and it was nice to have a meal with the family that wasn't eaten quickly before going to prayers.

However, in a break during the cooking process, I went upstairs and discovered my laptop had switched itself off and wont turn back on again. I'm going to have one more attempt to repair it, but I've already taken the hard drive out, as a computer man told me it's doomed :(

So no photos, as I don't have a computer. I'm also definitely interested if you have any views on what I should buy to replace it. I'm heading to the US (New York, Washington DC and Austin Texas) in two weeks time so I will probably being taking advantage of the exchange rate and buying it there.

My sag aloo recipe comes from Mamta's Kitchen which is great for Indian recipes:Mum made a chilli/garlic/onion paste, and I fried tablespoon of that with a tablespoon of cumin seeds and a pinch of asteofoetida, and then added cubed potato.I added ground corriander, turmeric and chilli powder and some water to cook the potatoes.I then added most of a bag of spinach, and some garam masala, sugar and salt, and left it all to cook.

I definitely added a little more spice then Mamta as I like my curries hot and I wasn't measuring the quantities of veg I was using!

1 comment:

All the indian food you made sounds SUPER good. I could go for some right now...

That's too bad about your computer. I had an HP laptop in college that lasted me all four years and I just bought another one - I love it. They are also not too expensive.

You should let me know when you come to NY! We can have a meet-up if you have time. The all-you-can-eat sushi place was called New Ashiya and and it was on 1st Avenue between 10th and 11th streets. Feel free to email me if you have any questions about places to go/things to do while you're here!